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pnwmom

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36. NO. Before Garland was the direct report of the attorneys working on the Trump cases.

Reply to iemanja (Reply #31)

Tue Nov 22, 2022, 10:42 PM

Nov 2022

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Now Smith will be their direct report, and Smith will report to Garland.

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The new Special Counsel, unlike Special Counsel Mueller, WILL be able to indict Trump as he is no longer POTUS and WILL NOT have to worry about being fired from one day to the next by sitting POTUS. And he inherits a large amount of evidence and a team that is in place already.

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Garland and the DOJ are NOT holding up the prosecution of the MAL case. Who is? [View all] pnwmom Nov 2022 OP

She's a run-of-the-mill (actually worse than that) Judge, not Justice... ONLY SCOTUS are Justices hlthe2b Nov 2022 #1

Yeah, just a typo, but the point is she's still blocking a prosecution at this point. n/t pnwmom Nov 2022 #2

Yes Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #24

I think you meant Cannon, not Collins Fiendish Thingy Nov 2022 #3

Right -- hopefully it will be resolved soon, but people here have been complaining pnwmom Nov 2022 #25

Well, once the appeal is resolved then we'll know for sure Fiendish Thingy Nov 2022 #29

Matt Gaetz says he will defund the special counsel gab13by13 Nov 2022 #4

He can't defund anyone. But who are you talking about him defunding? pnwmom Nov 2022 #6

You are fully aware this cannot happen... Ohio Joe Nov 2022 #14

TY.. here's Hoping! nt Cha Nov 2022 #5

an interactive time-line chart would be handy right about now msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #7

Here is a partial timeline for this case LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #10

thank you! So today is the 22nd of Novemberwonder how the oral arguments went? msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #33

Oral arguments in appeal of Special Master ruling were amusing LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #8

I am hopeful, too, after listening to the arguments. I'm not a lawyer but pnwmom Nov 2022 #9

The above reads like they were aggravated. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #12

What reads like they were aggravated? I listened to the whole hearing pnwmom Nov 2022 #17

The thread that LetMyPeopleVote posted ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #18

I thought he meant that the judges were aggravated with the DOJ. pnwmom Nov 2022 #26

That is precious. Thank you for posting! Made my day. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #11

LMPV... You should make this an OP... Ohio Joe Nov 2022 #16

Done LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #19

great read, thanks! Takket Nov 2022 #37

The entire purpose of a Special Prosecutor is to take the application OUT of DOJ iemanja Nov 2022 #13

No, that's not true. The Special Counsel has inherited the DOJ team pnwmom Nov 2022 #15

The DOJ has told 11th Circuit and Judge Loose Cannon that Special counsel is in charge LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #20

Right. And he's doing that from Europe -- till he's finished pnwmom Nov 2022 #21

You can do a great deal remotely LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #23

That's not how Mueller worked iemanja Nov 2022 #27

Mueller came on at the BEGINNING and had to, as someone put it, pnwmom Nov 2022 #28

As I said to the other poster iemanja Nov 2022 #32

This isn't a Special Prosecutor or an Independent Counsel. That law expired in 1999. pnwmom Nov 2022 #35

There wasn't an ongoing investigation when Mueller was appointed Fiendish Thingy Nov 2022 #30

So you're saying the SC is just a formality? iemanja Nov 2022 #31

Of course not Fiendish Thingy Nov 2022 #34

NO. Before Garland was the direct report of the attorneys working on the Trump cases. pnwmom Nov 2022 #36

Thank you. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #22